Sleigh-runner



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F. J. LARKIN. SL'EIGH RUNNER.

'N0,294,13v6.' Patented Feb. 26, 1884.

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. FRANK J. LAB-KIN, OF KENOSHA, IVISGONSIN.

SLElGH-RUNNER..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,136, dated February26, 1884.

Application filed August 18, 1883. (Nomodeh? Toall whom it 777/01 2]concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK J. LARKIN, of Kenosha, Kenosha county,WVisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Sleigh-Runner Attachmentfor Vehicle? heels, of which the following is a full, clear, andexactdescription.

The. object of my invention is to provide a new and improvedsleigh-runner attachment adapted to be attached to wheels of a vehicle,so that the vehicle can be used as a sleigh.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of a wheel provided with my improvedsleigh-runner attachment. Fig. 2 is an enlarged crosssectional view ofthe same on the line 00 m, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, an

enlarged cross-sectional view of the same on the line 3 y, Fig. 1; andFig. 4: is a perspective view of one of the jaws for holding the wheelon the wedge on the runner.

A runner, A, 1nade.of wood or metal, is shaped the same as asleigh-runner. Two wedge shaped pieces, B B, are each provided in thebottom with a longitudinal groove, 0,

adapted to receive the runner A, on which runner the pieces are heldbybolts D, having their bottom heads countersunk in the bottom surface ofthe runner, as shown. The pieces B B are provided with longitudinalslots 1),

the sides of the wheel-rim, the lower parts of the jaws H having agreater thickness than the upper parts, and thereby forming internalcurved shoulders a, or, in other words, those parts of the jaws fittingin the recesses I have a greater thickness than the parts restingagainst the sides of the rim of the wheel. The lower parts of the jaws Hare provided with lugs J, through which and the parts E E bolts K arepassed to hold the jaws H on the parts EE. The adjacent faces 1.: of thepieces B or B and jaws H at each side of the lugs J are held apart bythe lugs, so that the jaws H may rock on the lugs to allow wheels ofdifferent sizes to seat themselves solidly on the jaws. The clips L arepassed around the rim F of the wheel, and the cross-plates L, throughwhich the ends of the clips are passed, pass into recesses M in thelower edges of the jaws. Two jaws, P, are held on one end of the pieceB, and receive the rim F of the wheel between them,the piece N,to whichthe jaws areheld,bein gshaped to fit againstthe outer edge of the rim ofthe wheel. The pieces B B are fastened on the runner, as shown,withtheir thinner ends toward each other, the jaws H being held on the partsE E. The wheel is placed on the pieces B B and their parts E E, and theclips L are fastened and clamped in place. The

upper end or neck of the runner A is held to the rim of the wheel by aclip, 0. The runner will thus be held securely on the wheel,

and the vehicle can be used as a sleigh. The runner can be fastened tothe wheel or detaohed from the same easily and rapidly. The cross piecesor plates L are provided with elongated holes or slots 2), so that theycan be used on. fellies or wheel -rims of different widths. The runnercan be adjusted to wheels of anydiameter. The wheel-rim rests upon theshoulders to of the jaws H, as shown. If desired, the jaws can be madeintegral with or rigidly united to the pieces B B, in place of beingheld thereto by bolts K. I

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination,with suitable bolts and clips, ofthe runners A A, the wedges B B, having longitudinal runner grooves Oand top projection, E, and the jaws H H, rabbeted at a, as shown anddescribed.

2. The combination, with a runner, of the grooved pieces B B, havingupwardly-pro jecting parts E E, fitting against the rim or felly of thewheel, the jaws H, fitting partly in recesses in the parts E E, thebolts K, and the clips L, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

o. The combination, with a runner, of bolts K, and the clips L,substantially as here grooved pieces B B, the jaws H, the bolts K, inshown and described. the clips L, and the jaws P, held 011 the piece B,substantially as herein shown and described. FHA} K LARKHN' 4. Thecombinatioinwitll the runner A and \Vitnesses: wheel G, of the groovedpieces B B, the jaws l E. H. HoLLIsTER,

H, provided with lugs J and notches M, the J. B. STARKWEATHER.

